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Lockdown to begin for all of Ontario on Boxing Day
All of Ontario will go into lockdown on Boxing Day as the province tries to bring soaring COVID-19 cases under control. The lockdown will remain in place for southern Ontario until Jan. 23, but will lift for northern Ontario on Jan. 9. Premier Doug Ford said the virus is spreading rapidly from areas with a high number of cases to areas with fewer cases, and the province needs to preserve capacity in its health-care system. “This difficult action is without a doubt necessary to save lives and prevent our hospitals from being overwhelmed in the coming weeks,” he said. “Make no mistake, thousands of lives are at ... (full story)